[Wowfunhappy]

I don't understand. The human wouldn't cease to exist regardless of how fast or slow their computer is, right?

[kstrauser]

It’s easier if you imagine an office full of people. If you have slower systems, you have to hire more people to do the same amount of work.

[Wowfunhappy]

I suppose that's lowering your carbon footprint in a sense of the word, but only because you've pushed the carbon production onto someone else (ie, those people are still out there in the world.)

I'm also not very convinced on the premise. Unless you're doing something fairly specialized (scientific modeling, compiling) or your software is unduly bloated (which a lot of software is, but that is its own problem), the difference in speed really shouldn't add up to that much.